African Chopped Salad With Yogurt And Brown Butter

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 small garlic clove, mashed to a paste
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tomatoes, cored, seeded and coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cucumber, peeled & seeded and diced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
• 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe

• 1 in a medium serving bowl, whisk the lemon juice and mashed garlic with the olive oil.
• 2 add the tomatoes, cucumber, onion, bell peppers, cilantro and parsley.
• 3 season the chopped salad with salt and pepper and toss.
• 4 stir the yogurt and drizzle over the top.
• 5 in a small skillet, cook the butter over moderately high heat, swirling the pan until the butter is fragrant and just starts to turn brown; about 5 minutes. immediately spoon the brown butter over the yogurt and sprinkle the crushed red peppers on top.
• 6 serve immediately.